Does Maghull flood?

Flood warnings in force near Maghull

• Flood warning — Irish Sea at New Brighton
  We do not anticipate the next high tide this evening, 26 October 2026, to meet the flood warning threshold 10.0 km

From the Environment Agency (England). Always check the GOV.UK Check for Flooding service or call Floodline on 0345 988 1188.

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Maghull

Ordnance Survey places 50 postcodes in Maghull in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 639 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Maghull

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Maghull watch Dovers Brook, River Alt, Sandy Brook.

• Dovers Bridge
  Dovers Brook · 1.1 km away 0.93 m
  normal range · just past its peak · 24 min ago
• Kirkby
  River Alt · 3.8 km away 0.52 m
  normal range · 24 min ago
• Dyers lane
  Sandy Brook · 7.2 km away 0.19 m
  normal range · 24 min ago
• Liverpool Tidal
  Tide · 8.1 km away -3.09 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 39 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Maghull's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

Flood warning areas near Maghull

11 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Maghull. The EA has issued 171 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 26 Oct 2026.

• Properties on Fouracres and The Crescent which are at risk from surface water flooding
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 0.7 km
• Properties on Hall Lane, Damfield Lane, Fouracres, Old Racecourse Road, Sefton Lane and Sefton Drive
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 1.0 km
• Properties on Sefton Lane near to Dovers Bridge including the Waste Transfer Station, Garden Centre and adjacent properties
  22 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 1.1 km
• River Alt and other watercourses from Huyton to Hightown including, Kirkby, Fazakerley, Maghull, Formby, Aughton, Sefton and Lunt
  74 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 6.5 km
• Tue Brook at Clubmoor, areas around Lindsay Road, Abingdon Road, Daneville Road and Frampton Road
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 7.4 km
• Formby Point, Hightown, Altcar, North End, Altcar, Meadows and Seaforth Nature Reserve
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2024 7.4 km
• Seafront at Coastguards Station at Blundellesands and The Baths
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 7.5 km
• Properties on Altys Lane, Statham Lane, Brook Lane, Dyers Lane, the Tennis Club, Hallsall Lane, Cottage Lane, Asmall Lane, The Reeds, Cotton Drive, Brookhouse Road, Sanfield Close, Southport Road, Courtfield and Hurlston Drive
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2026 7.7 km
• Altcar, Bridge Cottage and The Shanty
  no warning on record since 2006 8.7 km
• Areas at risk include land and properties at Siding lane, Lords Fold and Lower Shades. Also at risk, are some properties on Beech Gardens
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 9.2 km
• Areas at risk include Marine Point Leisure and Retail Park and properties on King's Parade and Marine Promenade.
  17 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 10.0 km

Recorded floods near Maghull

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Maghull, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

• 10 Aug 2020 — Westbourne Avenue
• 10 Aug 2020 — Liverpool Road North Drainage
• 9 Feb 2020 — Town Green Lane
• 24 Sep 2019 — Dovers Brook, Maghull 2019 Main river
• 26 Dec 2015 — Northway, Maghull
• 26 Dec 2015 — Hall Lane, Maghull
• 26 Dec 2015 — Foxhouse Lane, Maghull Main river
• 26 Dec 2015 — Liverpool Road, Bickerstaffe
• 26 Dec 2015 — Town Green Lane, Aughton
• 26 Dec 2015 — Springfield Road, Aughton
• 26 Dec 2015 — Parrs Lane, Aughton
• 26 Dec 2015 — Delph Park Avenue, Aughton

…and 20 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Maghull

Maghull gets about 893 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 98 mm; driest March, 53 mm). That is 23% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 0.8 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.6 km away), recorded 5.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 91.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 24 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Maghull

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Maghull that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (10)

Medium likelihood (14)

Low likelihood (19)

Very low likelihood (7)

Postcode districts

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.